▪ “Half my family can’t even sleep at night. We’re all just so anxiously waiting. The time can’t go by fast enough.” — Chris Mizanskey of Sedalia whose father was to be released from the Jefferson City Correctional Center Tuesday after serving more than 20 years on marijuana-related charges.

In a rare move, Gov. Jay Nixon commuted the sentence of Jeff Mizanskey, which made him eligible for parole. “I’ve got an extraordinary cruel and unusual punishment,” Jeff Mizanskey said.

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